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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. THE BOOK IS MODERATELY COCKED WITH MODERATE SHELF EDGE WEAR OF THE CLOTH AND BUMPING OF THE CORNERS. OTHERWISE, THE CONDITION IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. THIS ORIGINAL TRUE FIRST EDITION BOOK IS VERY UNCOMMON. IT HAS A COMPLICATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC HISTORY. THE BOOK HAS THREE EVANGELISTIC TALES THAT WAS WRITTEN BY A GERMAN IMMIGRANT MINISTER, WILHELM VOM STRANDE. HIS PHOTOGRAPH IS PORTRAYED ON THE PRE-TITLE PAGE, THE TALES WERE TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH BY ROBERT EDWARD GUTERMANN AND THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY A REVEREND WILLIAM HANSEN IN CLEVELAND OHIO IN 1893. OF IMPORTANCE, THE BIOGRAPHICAL TALES ARE OF EARLY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY IN CHICAGO. THE TALES INCLUDE AN EARLY PERSONAL EYE-WITNESS MEMOIR ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT 1871 FIRE THAT LEVELED THE CENTER OF CHICAGO.AND ITS AFTERMATH RECOVERY. CONSIDERABLE DETAIL IS PROVIDED ABOUT CHICAGO'S SLUMS AND THE CONDITION OF CHICAGO'S POOR IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY . THE BOOK IS LISTED IN "CHICAGO IN STORY - A LITERARY HISTORY" BY CLARENCE A. ANDREWS.…